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Saltmark

Synopsis

When a teenage girl is forced to visit her grandfather she must make a stark choice: his dignity or her own? Saltmark is a touching story about a young girl and her grandfather.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10 mins 40 secs
Format
HD
Director
Robin Haig
Producer
Karen O' Hare
Co-Producer
Karen O' Hare
Editor
John Sackey
Screenwriter
Robin Haig
Director of Photography
Ole Bratt Birkeland
Production Designer
Amanda Currie
Sound
Tim Dyer
Composer
John Harris
Principal cast
Kirsty Mackay, James Martin

Genre

Scottish Woman Director

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Kat Hebden

Blindside Productions
64-68 Brand Street
Glasgow G51 1DG
UK

T +44 (0)141 427 7754

contact@blindsideproductions.com

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